Delegation From East Central Indiana in Japan

A group of economic development leaders from east central Indiana and the Japan-America Society of Indiana are in Japan through Friday. The Mayors' Leadership Delegation and Industry Appreciation Mission is being coordinated by the Muncie-based East Central Indiana Regional Partnership and includes Rushville Mayor Mike Pavey, Richmond Mayor David Snow and New Castle Mayor Greg York.

The mission will focus on industries including manufacturing, automotive, technology, food products and agriculture. Indiana's top foreign investor is Japan and several large employers in east central Indiana are owned by Japanese parent companies.

It shouldn’t be this hard. The Senate’s Public Policy Committee voted 9-1 in favor of SB-12 this week, a bill that would have codified (as written) hate crime bias to include protections for race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, and age. SB-12 then made its way to the full Senate. Preceded by a lengthy deliberation by the Senate’s Republican caucus, the Senate voted 33-16 in favor of a watered-down...

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